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most upper-crust
upper crust
noun
1.
the topmost layer of crust, as of a pie.
2.
Informal.
the highest social class.
Origin:
1425–75;
1830–35
for def 2;
late Middle English
Related forms
up·per-crust,
adjective
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upper crust
—
n
informal
the upper class
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Cultural Dictionary
upper crust definition
Upper class: “The upper crust often have at least one summer house.”
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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